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good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ."— Paul, 



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CONTENTS. 

PAGE 

Note 7 

Introduction 9 

Life 11 

My Testimony 16 

A Message to My Fellow- Workers 19 

A Short Catechism 26 

What It is to be a Christian 27 

Some Very Important Questions 29 

The Path to Heaven 30 

God's Divine Purpose to Save From Sin. . 32 
How May We Know Whether We are 

Converted!? 40 

Don't Argue 42 

The Carnal Mind 44 

The Double Mind 55 

Fifteen Eeasons Why I Sought the 

Slessing of Sanictifioation 63 

Christian Perfection 67 

Trial® 73 

No 'Sorrow There 91 

Calendar For Daily Keading of Bible, etc. 93 



NOTE. 

This little volume is prepared in response to 
requests from friends. It is sent forth with a 
prayer that those who read it may be blessed; 
that souls who know not Jesus as a personal Sa- 
vior may be led to know Him thus; and that be- 
lievers may be led into that experience of "ho- 
liness without which no man shall see the 
Lord" 

It is my hope also that in this way I may be 
able to redeem some of my wasted years; and 
that if any financial gain should! be received 
from its publication I may be thus assisted in 
educating a native boy in India whom I have 
had for several years in training that he may be 
preaching the gospel after earth is with me no 
more. 

I expect to pass this way but once; if, there- 
fore, there can be any kindness I can show, or 
any good thing I can do to my fellow human 
beings, let me do it now; let me not defer or 



8 Note. 

neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again. 

A spirit that from earth had just departed 
Lingered a moment on its upward way, 

And looking back, saw, as though broken- 
hearted, 
Its friends and kindred weeping o'er its clay. 

"It seems they loved me dearly. Had I known 

it, 

My life had been much happier/' it said. 
"Why only at our parting have they shown it — 
Their fondest kisses keeping for the dead ?" 



INTRODUCTION. 



It is with a heart full of thanksgiving that I 
greet the publication of this book by one who 
has been a blessing to so many. 

The teachings of iSister Brewer on the sub- 
ject of entire sanctification have been the means 
of bringing many preachers into the experience, 
and revivals have come to churches in which 
scores of souls have been reached and won for 
Christ. The simplicity of her teaching, her ten- 
der, loving pleadings, her strict adherence to 
the word of God, her freedom from fanaticism 
and her opposal of it, her heart full of mother 
love, her utter abandonment to the Holy 'Spirit, 
and the power of God resting upon and abiding 
in her may be given as the secrets of her suc- 
cess. 

In no place has she held a meeting without 
visible resfults, while her work has been in 
many cases in churches which for the most part 
were cold and dead. 



10 Introduction. 

It is the earnest wish of the writer of this 
introductory note, as it is the wish of many 
others who like him have received the blessing 
of sanctification under her plain, scriptural 
teaching that she may be spared for many more 
years of usefulness; that her field of service 
may be greatly enlarged; also that this little 
message which she now sends forth may con- 
tinue as a blessing to this sinful world long af- 
ter she has gone to receive her crown. 

C. E. STOUT, 
Indiana Conference 
Methodist Episcopal Church. 
June 8, 1911. 



LIFE. 

The following sketch is taken in part from 
the Christian Witness in which it appeared a 
few years ago. 

Mrs. D. A. Brewer, the subject of this sketch, 
is the wife of a local preacher of Whiteland, 
Ind., and is a member of the M. E. Church at 
that place. At an early age Mrs. Brewer was 
left an orphan, her parents having died in Tex- 
as, and she was reared by relatives in a home 
that knew little of the love of God and his pow- 
er to save. Her early life was spent in seeking! 
worldly pleasures and worldly society. 

Her first marriage was with one of similar 

tastes and aspirations. It was not until after 

tforee children had been given to bless their 

home that the parents' hearts were touched, and 

they felt moved to change their course in life. 

For the sake of the little ones, and because of 

a hungering for their own salvation, while spe- 
ll 



12 Stepping Nearer. 

cial services were being held in one of the 
churches in the town in which they were then 
living, they went forward with longing hearts 
and gave their hands to the preacher. They de- 
sired to know the way of salvation, and were 
disappointed to find that church membership 
alone was offered them. It is not strange that 
they soon returned to their worldly ways andi 
took up again the butterfly life, which, with 
proper instructions from a minister of God, 
they would before have gladly abandoned. It 
should be here stated however, in tender re- 
membrance of the faithful, loving husband and 
father whose devotion to his family was unus- 
ually beautiful, and who is still held in fond 
remembrance by a large circle of friends be- 
cause of hi9 genial nature and kindly spirit, 
and by whom the name of Preston Maiden is 
cherished with deep affection, that three months 
before his death he was led into an experience 
whereby he knew that his peace was made with 



Stepping Nearer. 13 

God, and departed this life leaving behind a 
blessed testimony. 

In 1891 she became the wife of her present 
husband. For many years he prayed for her 
conversion, but it was not until after he had 
received the blessing of entire sanctification that 
she was impressed with the need of her own 
salvation and led to the foot of the cross. In 
August, 1901, while attending a camp meeting 
at Greenwood, Indiana, held by the Salvation 
Army with -Major Blanche B. Cox in charge, 
through the tender, sweet teaching of this con- 
secrated woman she was led to God. 

She tells us she was convicted many days 
before she yielded, her proud nature revolting 
against conversion in a Salvation Army meet- 
ing. But the Lord followed her with still great- 
er conviction until her pride and will were 
forced to yield. For the Lord says, "The proud 
shall be brought low," and she had to come 
down. We will leave you to imagine the joy of 
her husband, who had prayed so many years. 



14 Stepping Nearer. 

Sister Brewer's conversion was something like 
Paul's* — very clear and definite— one that asks, 
"Lord, what wilt thou that I shall do?" Her 
worldly friends soon found that a change had 
taken place in her life and that she was indeed 
a new creature. Three months after this, 
through the preaching of Dr. E. F. Walker, she 
sought and obtained the blessing of sanctifica- 
tion, and soon after was called of the Lord to 
sing and preach the gospel. God has wonder- 
fully used her. Her method of presenting the 
gosipel is very forceful, clear and! uncompromis- 
ing. A pastor writes that her presentation of 
gospel truths is so sensible, practical and simple 
that it finds its way directly to the heart. This 
is practically true of her presentation of the 
doctrine of sanctification. She is free from fa- 
naticism and a terror to sin. The Lord has 
wonderfully used her and has opened wide the 
door of opportunity. The writer has known 
Sister Brewer intimately for many years, and 
can bear evidence of her changed life. Being en- 



Stepping Nearer. 15 

dowed by nature with a genial, kind, sympa- 
thetic, loving and! persevering nature, she is 
strongly fortified for a Christian leadership. Ad- 
ded to this is a strong personal magnitude that 
causes one to feel intuitively that they have 
found in her a helpful friend. Her changed 
life, happy face and continual "Praise the 
Lord !" convince one of the saving power, and 
as she sings her experience we thank God for 
the cleansing blood. 

My soul in sad exile was out on life's sea, 
So burdened with sin and distressed, 

Till I heard a sweet voice saying, make me your 
choice; 
And I entered the "Haven of Eest." 

I yielded myself to his tender embrace, 
Anid faith taking hold of the word, 

My fetters fell off and I anchored my soul; 
The haven of rest is my Lord. 

The song of my soul, since the Lord made me 
whole, 



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Has been the old story so blest, 
Of Jesus, who'll save whosoever will have 
A home in the haven of rest. 

How precious the thought that we all may re- 
cline, 
Like John the beloved and blest, 
On Jesus' strong arm, where no tempest can 
harm, 
Secure in the haven of rest. 

I've anchored my soul in the haven of rest, 

I'll sail the wide seas no more; 
The tempest may sweep o'er the wild, stormyj 
deep, 

In Jesus I'm safe evermore. 

MY TESTIMONY. 

I have the peace that abideth, 

Deep, overflowing, complete, 
That which the world could not give me, 

E'en though its pleasures seemed sweet; 



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For Jesus whispers so sweetly, 

"Oast all thy burdens on me, 
Let not thy heart still be troubled, 

My peace I give unto thee. 

I have the rest that remaineth, 

Promised the people of God, 
Eest while I go on life's journey, 

Treading the steps that He trod; 
For I have left all with Jesus, 

And He has promised to keep ; 
He is to me the Good Shepherd 

Who gave His own life for the £heep. 

Dearer each day is His service, 

Sweeter each day is His love, 
Richer each moment the blessings 

Sent by the Father above; 
Gone are the joys of the moment, 

Fleeting are pleasures of earth, 
But I have joy that abideth, 

Treasures far greater in worth. 

C. E. Stout. 



18 Stepping Nlearer. 

There is nothing in which a man can engage 
that calls more fully for the .entire man — the 
physical, the mental and the spiritual man — 
than the work of getting sinners bom into the 
Kingdom of God. The warning, the entreaty, 
the persuasion, the tears, the prayers, the mental 
conflict with the powers of darkness, the wres- 
tle with 'God, the agony of desire, the soul tra- 
vail, the utter helplessness, the exhaustion, the 
casting of all upon Him, and the final victory. 
Ah, but it takes the (whole man ! The soul con- 
flicts for souls keep us in touch with God and 
constantly conscious of our dependence upon 
Him. The unconverted church member, the 
wretched backslider, the proud ecclesiastic, 
knows nothing of these seasons of battle for the 
salvation of souls. Header, do you have such 
seasons ? — Selected. 



A MESSAGE TO MY FELLOW 
WORKERS. 



Msy heart is so burdened for this prodigal 
world that I cannot refrain from making this 
appeal to my co-workers. 

We are living in a time when workers in the 
Lord's vineyard are getting their eyes off their 
real mission, soul-saving, and looking on things 
of the world. Some pastors with whom I have 
labored, and who were filled with the Spirit 
and wonderfully used of God in winning pre- 
cious souls into the kingdom, have since then 
been placed in larger and more aristocratic 
churches with increased salaries, and in order 
to please the people have let down the standard. 
They have lost the joy out of their souls, and 
not only this, but have lost an opportunity in 
getting souls into the kingdom. 

I wish I was able to get every soul to whom 
I preach into the church, for I believe in join- 

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20 Stepping Nearer. 

ing the church, and thank G-od, I have been a 
member of the church many years. Bait there 
is something vastly more important than get- 
ting names on the church book. For more 
than twenty year9 my name was on a church 
record, but my name was not written in the 
Lamb's Book of Life ; and I am sure that many, 
if not all, of you will agree with me when I say 
that I would rather be able to get one name 
written in the Book of Life than to have thou- 
sands on the church book without salvation. 
And if you and I fail to point the way to the 
cross in God's way we will come up on that 
great day before Him who says in the Book, 
"Ye must be born again" and 'TExcept ye be 
converted ye cannot see the kingdom of God." 

We will look back and wish we had been true 
regardless of the consequences. Oh, that all 
might be willing to go alone outside the gate 
with Him who says, "If we suffer, we shall 
also reign with 'him." 

God has only one way through which souls 



Stepping Nearer. 21 

can get into the kingdom, and: that is the chan- 
nel of humility and a broken will. And if you 
and I who are standing between the living and 
the dead fail to get them to come through this 
channel, we will be responsible. 

In my evangelistic work I find many, yea 
hundreds of people who say, "Thank you for 
telling us the truth. We did not realize the con- 
dition we were in until this meeting." 

We will always find people who will reject 
truth, but not as many as you may think. They 
will diodge and complain for awhile, but if we 
keep true to the Word and trust Him who 
said, "Lo, I am with you alway," they will be: 
so deeply convicted of sin, and made willing to 
pay the price that they will ever thank you for 
leading them God's way. White it i9 true that 
we see and hear many things in meetings that 
are absurd and are to be deplored, still if we 
sound the note of warning from a heart full of 
love and with a gentle, Christlike spirit, it is 



22 Stepping Nearer. 

sure to drive the arrow of conviction into the 
heart and lead to repentance. 

Let iib ever keep our eyes on Him who said, 
"Poxes have holes, and the birds of the air 
have nests, but the Son of man hath not where' 
to lay His head. "He made himself of no rep- 
utation, was always kind and gentle, but never 
compromised with the truth even though they 
reviled Him, persecuted Him, and misrepre- 
sented Him. 

When I think of the channel of humility 
through which He went, I feel that I will nev- 
er aisk Him to send me to an easy field, but to 
send me where no one else wants to go. Some 
mother's child is sure to be there that can be 
won for Him. 

So my fellow-workers, if we find that we have 
in any way, and for any reason let down the 
standard, He will forgive us if we repent and 
promise Him that in the future we will wo»rk 
harder to send a better report to Him, and 
strive harder to get more names in the Lamb's 



Stepping Nearer. 23 

Book of Life even at the sacrifice of many com- 
forts here. It will not he long until we can 
lay down the sword! and put on the crown, so let 
us do out best, promising Him that henceforth 
we will not strive to be "great nor wise, only in 
our Savior's eyes." In so doing we will lay up 
great treasure in Heaven. 

Let us keep our eyes on His suffering and His 
humility, and take Him as our example. This 
is an unfriendly world to grace, and the offence 
of the cross will never cease. Let us keep in 
mind that His first abode was a stable, His last 
some other man's cross; His first pillow was 
straw, His last a crown of thorns ; His first rest- 
ing-place was a manger, His last some other's 
tomb; His first companions were cattle, His 
last were thieves. 

Let me say in conclusion to His glory that in 
the nine years in which I have been telling the 
beautiful story of His power to save, I have the 
first time yet to compromise with His truth, and 
never have I had a barren meeting. The last 



24 Stepping Nearer. 

year has been the best of my life, for my Father 
has blessed more than one thousand souls 
through my humble instrumentality. Praise 
His name ! 

So let us as ambassadors of God, preach the 
Word, reprove, rebuke, with all longsuffering 
and gentleness, remembering that here we have 
no continuing city, but we seek one to come. 

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Jesus! I mv cross have taken, 

All to leave, and follow thee ; 
Destitute, despised, forsaken, 

Thou, from hence, my all shalt be; 
Perish every fond ambition, 

AH Pve sought, and hoped, and known; 
Yet how rich is my condition ! 

God and Heaven are still my own. 

Let the world despise and leave me, 

They have left my Savior too ; 
Human hearts and looks deceive me, 

Thou art not, like man, untrue ; 



Stepping Nearer. 25 

And while thou shalt smile upon me, 

God of wisdom, love, and might, 
Foes may hate, and friends may shun me ; 

Show thy face, and all is -bright. 

Man may trouble and distress me, 

'Twill but drive me to thy breast; 
Life with trials hard may press me, 

(Heaven will bring me sweeter rest. 
'tis not in grief to harm me, 

'While thy love is left to me ; 
'twere not in joy to charm me, 

We're that joy unmixed with thee. 



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A SHORT CATECHISM. 

What is Repentance ? 

A new mind about God. 

What is Conversion? 

A new life for God. 

What is Justification? 

A new stand before God. 

What is Regeneration? 

A new nature from God. 

What is Adoption? 

A new relation to God. 

What is Sanctification ? 
Set apart to God. 

What is Glorification? 

Eternal state with God. 



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WHAT IT IS TO BE A 
CHRISTIAN. 

1. Faith — A Believer. He that believetli 
and is baptized: shall be saved; but he that be- 
lieveth not shall be damned. Mark 16:16. 

2. Knowledge — A Disciple. Then said Jesus 
to those Jews which believed on him, If we 
continue in my word, then are ye my disciples 
indeed. John 8 :31. 

3. Character — A Saint. To all that be in 
Borne, beloved of God, called to be saints : Grace 
to you and peace from God our Father, and the 
Lord Jesus Christ. Bom. 1 :7. 

4. Influence — A Light. Ye are the light of 
the world. A city that is set on an hill cannoti 
be hid. Matt. 5 :14. 

5. Conflict — A Soldier. Thou therefore en- 
dure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 
2 Tim. 2 :3. 

66. Communion — A Friend. Henceforth T 
call you not servants; for the servant knoweth 



28 Stepping Nearer. 

not what his lord doeth : but I have called you 
f riends ; for all things that I have heard of my* 
Father I have made known unto you. John 
15 :15. 

7. Progress — A Pilgrim. These all died in 
faith, not having received the promises, but 
having seen them afar off, and were persuaded 
of them, and embraced them, and confessed that 
they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 
Heb. 11 :13. 

8. Relationship^— A Child. The Spirit itself 
beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the 
children of God. Bom. 8 :16. 

9. Expectation — An Heir. And if children, 
then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with 
Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that 
we may be also glorified together. Rom. 8 :17. 



Stepping Nearer. 29 



SOME VERY IMPORTANT 
QUESTIONS. 

1. Are you doubting 1 ? Read John 5:24; 
John 6:47; 1 John 3:24; 2 Tim. 1:12. 

2. Are you a backslider? Read Jer. 3:5, 
13 :2'2 ; Hosea 14 :1, 2-4 ; Psa. 32 :5 ; I John 1 :9. 

3. Are you indifferent? Read Isa. 1:5, 6; 
Rom. 3 :10, 12, 22, 23 ; I John 1 :8-10. 

4. Are you penitent? Read Isa. 1 :18; 53 :4, 
5; Luke 9:10; I Peter 2:24. 

5. Do you think God will not save you? 
Read John 1:12; John 3:15, 16, 18-36; Isa. 
26: 3, 4; 55:1; Rev. 22:17. 

6. Is it safe to put off accepting Christ? 
Read Luke 12:19, 20; Jas. 4:14; II Cor. 6:2. 



30 Stepping Nearer. 

THE PATH TO HEAVEN. 

1. It is a straight path. 

Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine 
eyelids look straight before thee. Ponder the 
path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be estab- 
lished. Turn not to the right hand nor to the 
left; remove thy foot from evil. Prov. 4:25-27 

And make straight paths for your feet, lest 
that which is lame be turned out of the way; 
but let it rather be healed. Heb. 12 :13. 

2. It is a narrow path. 

Enter ye in at the strait gate : for wide is the 
gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to de- 
struction, and many there be which go in there- 
at: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is 
the way, which leadeth unto life, and few 
there be that find it. Matt. 7 :13, 14. 

3. It is an upward path. 

The way of life is above to the wise, that he 

may depart from hell beneath. Prov. 15 :24. 

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew 



Stepping Nearer. 31 

their strength ; they shall mount up with wings 
as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; 
and they shall walk, and not faint. Isa. 40 :31. 

4. It is an old path. 

Thus saith the Lord, stand ye in the ways, 
and see, and ask for the old paths, where is 
the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall 
find rest for your souls. Jer. 6 :16. 

5. It is a pleasant path. 

Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all 
her paths are peace.* Prov. 3:17. 

6. It is a light path. 

But the path of the just is as the shining 
light, that shineth more and more unto the per- 
fect day. Prov. 4:18. 

7. It leads to a glorious city. 

And he led them forth by the right way, that 
they might go to a city of habitation. Psa. 
107:7. 



32 Stepping Nearer. 

GOD'S DIVINE PURPOSE-TO 
SAVE FROM SIN. 

There is not a -plank in the platform of re- 
demption that allows a man to sin. But there 
is one that provides for his instantaneous re- 
covery, in case he sliovld sin. 

"My little children, these things write I unto 
you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we 
have an advocate with the Father,, Jesus Christ 
the righteous." I John 2 :1. 

In other words, if you should sin, you can go 
to G-od at once and repent, for you are in a 
backslidden condition until you do. 

There is not a single passage of Scripture 
which says that He came to save us in our sins. 
But there is a passage which says, "Thou shalt 
call his name Jesus : for he shall save his people 
from their sins." Matt, 1:21. 

To keep from sinning is the privilege of ev- 
ery true child of God. The great object of the 
sacrifice of Christ on Calvary was to save from 



Stepping Nearer. 33 

sin. When the angels sinned, God cast them 
out; when Adam sinned, God drove him out; 
when the nations sinned, God overthrew them; 
when the cities sinned, God destroyed them; 
when the people of 'God sinned, He suffered 
them to go into bondage and die in defeat. If 
God hates sin in the sinner, will He tolerate it 
in the Christian? 

Sin is a disease of the soul. No human is 
able to cope with it. Man}' are trying Dr. 
Morality, Dr. Philosophy, and Dr. Good Works, 
but these have never been able to bring a single 
patient to a cure. Only the blood of Jesus can 
heal this prevalent, obnoxious, and universal 
malady. Thank God ! The great Physician has 
never lost a case. His office-hours are day and 
night, and He says, '"Whosoever will, let him 
take the water of life freely." Eev. 22 :17. 

Oh that people would study the Bible to find 
out what God says about sin ! 

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also 
the law : for sin is the transgression of the law. 



34 Stepping Nearer. 

And ye know that lie was manifested to take 
away our sins ; and in him is no sin. Whoso- 
ever abideth in him sinneth not : whosoever sin- 
neth hath not seen him, neither known him. 
Little children, let no man deceive yon : he that 
doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is 
righteous. He that committeth sin is of the 
devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. 
For this purpose the Son of God was manifest- 
ed, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin : 
for his seed remaineth in him : and he cannot 
sin, because he is born of God. In this the chil- 
dren of God are manifest, and the children of 
the devil : whosoever doeth not righteousness is 
not of God, neither he that loveth not his 
brother. I John 3 :4-10. 

The ninth verse of the above tells us very 
plainly that when we are born of God we go out 
of the sinning business. Why did I go to the 
altar and mourn and spend so many sleepless 
nights as I did for ten long days and nights ? It 



Stepping Nearer. 35 

was because I was sick of sin; I was tired of it, 
and I believed that Jesus could forgive me and 
keep me from committing wilful sin. 

This verse has no reference to mistakes or in- 
firmities; it has to do only with wilful sin. As; 
if one should say, "I know this is a sin, but I 
am going to do it any way." Christians do not 
these things. 

We shall never get an experience wherein we 
shall make no mistakes. But mistakes are not 
sins. "A mistake is doing something we do 
not know is wrong ; a sin is doing something we 
do know is wrong." 

We shall never lose our power to sin. I have 
the power now to go back to a worldly life and! 
do the things which I once did, but my Father 
gives me power that keeps me from committing 
wilful sin. 

Look at the eighth verse of the above. What 
are the works of the devil ? Murder, gossip, 
stealing, swearing, worldliness, — are these the 
works of the devil? We say, "No." These are 



36 Stepping Nearer. 

the products, the manufactured goods which 
come from the works. If you could go down 
into the human heart you would find the works. 
And Jesus came to destroy the works of the 
devil. When the works are destroyed, such 
goods will no more be sent out. 

God has not changed His attitude toward 
sin. He will not tolerate it as a necessary evil, 
for there are no necessary evils. God hates sin ; 
He hated it yesterday, He hates it today, and 
He will hate it forever. He says, "Stand in 
awe, and &dl not." Psa. 4:4. Also He says, 
"Go, and sin no more." John 8 :11. Still 
further He says, "Let not sin therefore reign 
in your mortal body." Eom. 6 :12. 

Know ye not, that to whom ye yield your- 
selves servants to obey, his servants ye are to 
whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or 
of obedience unto righteousness? But God be 
thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but 
ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doc- 
trine which was delivered you. Being then 



Stepping Nearer. 37 

made free from sin, ye became the servants of 
righteousness. I speak after the manner of 
men because of the infirmity of your flesh : for 
as ye have yielded your members servants to un- 
cleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity ; even so 
now yield your members servants to righteous- 
ness unto holiness. For when ye were the ser- 
vants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. 
What fruit had ye then in those things whereof 
ye are now ashamed ? for the end of those things 
is death. But now being made free from sin, 
and become servants to God, ye have your fruit 
unto holiness-, and the end everlasting life. For 
the wages of sin is death ; but the gift of God is 
eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Eom. 6 :16-23. 

These references should be sufficient to show 
how 'God hates sin. "Sin is the only thing 
that calls for the withering curse of Almighty 
God. We cannot dress it up so it will look re- 
spectable in His sight. Wheresoever it is found, 
God is against it; and as long as we continue 



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in it, the sky . artillery is turned our way." 

The old prophet long ago said, "The soul that 
sinneth, it shall die/' Ezekiel 18 :20. We look 
again at I John 3 :9, especially the last clause 
of the verse. "He cannot sin" does not mean 
that he has not the power to sin. To illustrate : 
Suppose you had a friend, a cashier in a bank. 
You fall into some kind of trouble and the of- 
ficers are seeking you. You go into the bank 
and demand in haste a certain amount of money 
with which you may make your escape. He 
refuses saying, "I cannot." You insist, but still 
he refuses, with the answer, "I cannot." Surely 
we would not say that he had not the power to 
grant the request. But as long as the seed of 
principle and honor remained in him, he could 
not act dishonestly. By so acting, he would 
have lost it. 

Beloved, if your heart has not been changed 
so that you have gone out of the sinning busi- 
ness, go to God and repent andi forsake your 
sins. He will forgive you, and is able to ~keep 
you. 



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"Sin has wrecked every home that has ever 
been wrecked; it has broken every heart that 
has ever been broken ; it has dug every grave 
that has ever been dug; it blights, and smites, 
and withers, and curses, and damns. Sin is an 
anarchist whose hand is against every man's 
hand, and every man's hand ought to be against 
it. Sin has to die, for God has made its grave 
in hell." 



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HOW MAY WE KNOW WHETHER 
WE ARE CONVERTED. 

1. We have peace with God. Therefore be- 
ing justified by faith, we have peace with God 
through our Lord Jesus Christ. Rom. 5 :1. 

2. We do not commit wilful sin. 'Whosoever 
is born of God doth not comm l it sin. I John 
3:9. 

3. We love the brethren. We know that we 
have passed from death unto life, because we 
love the brethren. He that loveth not his bro- 
ther abideth in death. I John 3 :14. 

4. We testify with the mouth. That if thou 
shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, 
and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath 
raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 
For with the heart man believeth unto right- 
eousness; and with the mouth confession is 
made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, 
Whosoever believeth on him shall not be 
ashamed. Rom. 10:9-11. 



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5. The Spirit of God leads us. For as many 
as are led by the Spirit of 'God, they are the sons 
of God. Eom. 8:14. 

6. God witnesses to our salvation. The 
Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit that 
we are the children of God. Eom. 8 :16. 

7. We bear fruit. Brit the fruit of the 
Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentle- 
ness, goodness, faith. Meekness, temperance: 
against such there is no law. Gal. 5 :22, 23. 

8. We love our enemies. But I say unto 
you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse 
you, do good to them that hate you, and pray 
for them which despitefully use you, and perse- 
cute you; That ye may be the children of 
your Father which is in heaven. Matt. 5 :44, 45. 

9. We keep the commandments. He that 
hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he 
it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me 
shall be loved by my Father, and I will love 
him, and will manifest myself to him. John 
14:21. 



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10. We go. after holiness. Beloved, now are 
we the sons of God, and it doth not yet ap- 
pear what we shall be : but we know that, when 
he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we 
shall see him as he is. And ever}' man that 
hath this hope in him pur'ifieth himself, even as 
he is pure. I John 3 :2, 3. 



DON'T ARGUE. 

A minister who did not believe in the possi- 
bility of a Christian's living without sin, re- 
quested the privilege of a conversation on the 
subject with a lady, who not only enjoyed the 
rest of faith, but publicly taught the blessed 
freeness of a full salvation. 

He came, and in a long and elaborate argu- 
ment, founded on Paul's writings, proved, as 
he thought, the necessity of a Christian having 
to groan over the corruption and remaining sin 
cf his heart as lon^ as he lived. 



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>She had' but an hour to spare for the talk, 
and he had used up fifty-five minutes of it ; but, 
though well able to meet him on his own 
ground, she had no disposition, even if she had 
the time, to review his line of reasoning, and 
show him the weak point in it. 

So she simply said to him, when he paused, 
"Well, as long as we can't do otherwise than 
sin, no provision being made to save us from 
it, and 'G-od expects it of us, you are satisfied to 
keep on in that way, are you not?" 

"Well, no," he replied, as he turned uneasily 
in his seat ; and he assumed half a dozen differ- 
ent positions, as he repeated that "no" over 
and over. 

The next day he came again, saying, "After 
all the argument I brought forward yesterday, 
you only responded with one question, and that 
made me miserable all night. Now I have come 
to see if you can't do something to help me out 
of my trouble." 

At first he could not realize the simplicity 
of the way; the availability, the present effi- 
cacy of the blood that cleanses from all unright- 
eousness, but in a few days he entered most glo- 
riously into perfect rest. — Selected. 



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THE CARNAL MIND. 

And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as 
unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto 
babes in 'Christ. I have fed you with milk, and 
not With meat : for hitherto ye were not able to 
bear it, neither yet now are ye able. For ye are 
yet carnal : for whereas there is among you en- 
vying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not car- 
nal, and walk as men? I Cor. 3 :l-3. 

Paul here addresses the 'Corinthians as 
"brethren," and speaks of them as "babes in 
Christ." A babe in Christ, is just as truly in 
Christ as is an adult in Christ. The statement, 
"I have fed you with milk" also proves that they 
were alive, and partaking of spiritual nourish- 
ment. But in the third verse, Paul says, "Ye 
are yet carnal," which shows that the carnal 
mind was not yet removed, although they had 
been converted. "A man may have the grace of 
God, may be in Christ, may receive spiritual 



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nourishment, and foe in the brotherhood, and yet 
be carnal." 

It is an evident fact from the teaching here 
that the carnal mind was not destroyed at the 
time of their conversion. 

Paul proves that they were yet carnal by 
their actions. There was among them envy, 
strife, divisions. iSome people think that holi- 
ness brings divisions in the church, but Paul 
here says that these come from carnality.. 

What is carnality? It is something in the 
heart of the babe in Christ that is a law-breaker. 

Because the carnal mind is enmity against 
God: for it is not subject to the law of God, 
neither indeed can be. Eom. 8 :7. 

This is why the babe in 'Christ has such an 
up-and-down experience. God has made no 
provision for "fixing up" the carnal mind, hut 
lie lias provided for its destruction. 

We believe that carnality is the chief cause 
of backsliding in our churches. "For to be 
carnally minded is death." Eom. 8 :6. Why 



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then should we hold on to that which is not sub- 
ject to the law of God, and which causes us to 
lose our spiritual life, when God wills its re- 
moval by the baptism of the Holy Ghost ? 

•Some in perplexity have asked, "Did God in- 
fuse evil properties into the soul?" Certainly 
not ; the carnal mind is the result of man's f ol-« 
lowing his own will, whereby he lost the image 
of God. When Adam sinned, he lost the origi- 
nal righteousness and true holiness with which 
he was created. As when life departs from the 
body corruption begins, on the withdrawal of 
i God from the soul of Adam, there became 
manifest that corruption which is called "the 
carnal mind," because it is innate or natural. 
It is this corrupt state of the heart jwhich op- 
poses God and holiness. 

This evil nature was transmitted by Adam 
to his children. "He begat a son in his own 
likeness after his image," Gen. 5 :3. This is 
the statement of the great law of hereditary de- 
pravity. His firstborn illustrates this sad 



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truth of original sin, by murdering his brother. 
This is the state in which we all findi ourselves, 
a tendency of heart away from the Divine will, 
original sin, which breaks forth into actual 
transgressions. (McLaughlin.) 

It is a wonderful thing to be a babe in 
Christ, a babe in the Heavenly Father's family. 
This makes us the sons of G-od, and joint-heirs 
with Christ. We enjoy "the 'Sincere milk of the 
word, and grow thereby, because we have tasted 
that the Lord is gracious." But so long as the 
carnal mind remains, the converted soul under 
provocation will act very much as he did before 
he was converted. 

Conversion brings us to the same place as is 
the babe in its mother's arms — under the blood. 
It is still under the blood until it reaches the 
years of accountability when it may choose to 
sin. But even in a young babe one may see 
evidences of the carnal mind. It will scratch 
and scream and fight at its mother. Just so 
with the babe in Christ; the old carnal nature 



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will manifest itself when things do not just 
please. 

When Paul says- "I have fed you with milk, 
and not with meat/' what does he mean by 
meat? The milk on which he fed them was 
"'the sincere milk of the word." I am glad to 
testify that when I was born into God's family. 
I was born hungry, my soul delighted to feed 
on God's word, and my spiritual digestion was 
splendid. But when I found that there was 
meat for me as well as milk, I went after it in 
haste. 

For when for the time ye ought to be teach- 
ers, ye have need that one teach you again which 
be the first principles of the oracles of God; 
and are become such as have need of milk, and 
not of strong meat. For even* one that useth 
milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness : 
for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to 
them that are of full age, even those who by 
reason of use have their senses exercised to dis- 
cern both ^ood and evil. Heb. 5 :12-l-i. 



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Paul here preaches a very plain sermon. God 
wants teachers, and when the babes in the 
church are quibbling and showing carnality, it 
is hard for them to teach, for they need some- 
one to teach them again the first principles. 

It is a sad fact that we have in the church to- 
day forty-year-old babes. They get mad if they 
cannot have their own way in everything. If the 
pastor does not visit them as often as they think 
he should, there is trouble. If some one they 
did not want happens to be put into an office, 
the carnal mind shows itself. It breaks God's 
law, and makes them unfit to be teachers. They 
should go on to holiness — this is the meat — and 
have the old carnal mind destroyed. 

Knowing this, that our old man is crucified 
with him, that the body of sin might be de- 
stroyed, that henceforth we should not serve 
sin. Eom. 6:6. 

It is a sad thing to see so many babes in the 
church, and often the pastor is a babe among 
them. What confusion, divisions, and strife! 



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Especially when the adults, the giants in Israel 
— the sanctified — see that the management of 
the church is not safe in such hands. Alas ! the 
only reason why the babes still are babes is 
that the carnal mind has not yet been destroyed. 
For strong meat — holiness — belongs to them 
that are of a full age. 

Therefore leaving the principles of the doc- 
trine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; 
not laying again the foundation of repentance 
from dead works, and of faith toward God. 
Heb. 6 :1. 

Repentance and faith which lead to conver- 
sion are the foundation of the 'Christian experi- 
ence. These are the first principles, the A. B. 
C's of a most blessed experience — conversion. 
But the word says, "Oo on to perfection." Can 
you not see from this why so many have to lay 
the foundation over again in almost every revi- 
val ? It is because they do not obey the word), 
and '"go on unto perfection." 

It was never God's plan that His children 



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should stop with conversion. He says "Go on 
unto perfection," or holiness. "This is the will 
of God, even your sanctification." I Thess. 4 :3. 

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about 
with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay 
aside every weight, and the sin which doth so 
easily beset us, and let us run with patience the 
race that is set before us. Looking unto Jesus 
the author and finisher of our faith; who for 
the joy that was set before him endured the 
cross, despising the shame, and is set down at 
the right hand of the throne of God. For con- 
sider him that endured such contradiction of 
sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and 
faint in your minds. Heb. 12 rl-3. 

It is the sin\ — in the singular number — which 
so easily besets, or upsets. But first, '*lay aside 
every weight." What are some of these weights ? 
Some say, "I cannot live it, if I get it." Lay 
that aside. Others say, "Some are not living 
it that claim to have it." Lay that aside. Get 
the experience yourself and live it, and show 



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by your own holy life how to live it. Any ex- 
cuse that keeps you from receiving the experi- 
ence of a clean heart, and being freed! from 
carnality, that to you is a weight. And the com- 
mand is to lay it aside. 

We are to enter a race where the prize lies at 
the end. We cannot walk and win. We must 
run. And with all the weights and besetting 
sin clinging to one he cannot run. Lay them 
aside ! 

•Some years ago I lived in a college town, and 
on Field Day the students would run a race. 
Each would strip himself of everything that 
would hinder in winning a prize. Then they 
came forth attired in knee trousers, light shoes, 
and a thin covering for the body. Imagine them 
starting to run their race with heavy overcoats, 
mufflers, gloves, pockets full of books, and 
heavy shoes and overshoes. They would have 
been sure to miss the prize. 

Adam Clarke says, '^Regeneration leads us 
through the gate into the Lord's kingdom; 



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sanctification strips us for the race." The race 
is a holy life. People get through the gate and 
then sit down. Lay aside the weights and the 
sin, and run with patience the race set before 
you. The devil is after you, and when you are 
upset, he has caught up with you, and you have 
to start again. Get rid of the carnal mind of 
sin, and you can keep the devil behind you. Do 
not loiter around the gate any longer; there is 
a long road between you and the holy city. Yes, 
we thank God for "the sincere milk of the 
word," and how we did grow while partaking 
of it! It keeps alive, but there comes a time 
when we need something stronger. I still enjoy 
milk occasionally, but find that meat gives me 
strength which enables me to stand in the front 
ranks of the battle when the shot and shell are 
flying fast. 

A man and his wife were members of a 
church where the pastor fed the flock on milk 
alone. They enjoyed it, but longed for some 
strong meat occasionally. On Sunday mornings 



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they would go to their own church; at night, to 
another church where the pastor was feeding 
meat. The pastor of these people paid them a 
visit, and asked their reason for going to the 
other church. They replied that they had to 
have meat once in awhile, and as they did not 
get it in their own church, they were compelled 
to go where they could. 

In John 21 :15-17, Jesus tells Peter to feed 
the lambs and also the sheep. He was testing 
Peter's love by telling him not only to feed the 
lambs (babes in Christ), but also the full- 
grown sheep (the sanctified.) If the sheep in 
a pasture where there is no good clover find a 
pasture nearby where there is plenty, they wjll 
jump the fence, for they must be fed. So my 
pastor, brother, feed the sheep something stron- 
ger than milk, or do not be surprised if they/ go 
somewhere else. Babes in Christ, go on unto 
perfection; lay aside every weight and get rid 
of the carnal mind of sin. 

Who wants this experience? 



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THE DOUBLE MIND. 

Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify 
your hearts, ye double minded James 4:8. 

If we study this text carefully, we shall see 
that two classes of people are mentioned. We 
read first, '"Cleanse your hands, ye sinners." 
This is typical of our conversion. When a sin- 
ner is truly converted, he will no more soil his 
hands with the cards or wine-glass, nor by giv- 
ing out wrong change, by stealing,, by fighting, 
nor by doing anything against which the 
Spirit warns him. He has had a change of 
heart, and the old life with its sinful ways has 
become so obnoxious to him and is so foreign to 
his new nature that he no longer indulges in 
sinful games or sinful ways. 

But I want to speak especially of the second 
part, "Purify your hearts, ye double minded." 
Let us find from the Scriptures what is meant 
by "the double mind." Evidently there is 
something unclean in the heart. Nor does this 



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have reference to the sinner, for he has only one 
mind, and! that is to enjoy the world and to 
please self. Let us refer to Paul where he uses 
himself as a figure. 

I find then a law, that, when I would do good, 
evil is present with me. For I delight in the 
law of God after the inward man : But I see 
another law in my members, warring against 
the law of my mind, and bringing me into cap- 
tivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 
Eom. 7 :21-23. 

Here we find one who delights in the law of 
God. This cannot be the sinner, for no sinner 
delights in -God's law. His deeds are evil, and 
he loves darkness rather than light. But a con- 
verted man is reaching out after light, and de- 
lights in God's law. Still he finds that although 
he desires to do God's will and delights in God's 
law, there is something warring in his members 
that still hinders him. James, in the first chap- 
ter of his epistle calls this "the double mind." 
One of these longs, seeks, strives, struggles, to 



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do God's will, because now he has a spiritual 
mind ; but the other called "the law of sin/' or 
"the carnal mind" hinders him. John Wesley 
called this "Inbred Sin," and Paul still further 
called it "the old man/' and he says that it is 
not subject to the law of God, neither indeed 
can it be. He says it is an enemy to God, and 
hence causes the up-and-down experience. 

Now God has made no provision for repairing 
the carnal mind, neither can anyone do it; but 
He has made provision for cleansing it away. 
He cannot pardon or forgive it, for you are not 
responsible for it, since you were born in sin, 
and that was the only mind you had until you 
became God's child. There you had both the 
carnal mind, or inbred sin, and the spiritual 
mind. 

Turn now to Gal. 5 :17. For the flesh lusteth 
against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the 
flesh : and these are contrary the one to the oth- 
er : so that ye cannot do the things that ye 
would. 



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Note the word "flesh." Who has the experi- 
ence here spoken of, the sinner, the unregener- 
ate? I answer, "No." The sinner has not the 
Spirit, and this is the experience of one who has 
the Spirit, but with a nature contrary to that 
Spirit, and in conflict with it. 

The term "flesh" here means exactly the same 
thing as "the carnal mind." If then you have, 
both "the carnal mind" and "the mind of the 
Spirit," do you not have two minds, or "'the' 
double mind?" And one of these minds is im- 
pure, for the command is "purify your hearts, 
ye double minded." The reason for some Chris- 
tians having such a hard time is the presence 
of the two minds. 

Paul also tells us how to get rid of this car- 
nal mind, and that we can know when we are 
rid of it. Knowing this, that our old man is 
crucified with him, that the body of sin might 
be destroyed, that henceforth we should not 
serve sin. Bom. 6:6. 

We may believe in suppression, and do our 



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best to suppress "the old man," but we may ex-* 
pect failure in doing so many times. Why not 
then obey God's word and "crucify" "the old 
man?" 

The baptism with the Holy Ghost is a death- 
blow to "the old man," and means destruction to 
"the body of sin." Thus when the carnal mind 
is destroyed, only the spiritual mind is left. The 
war is over, the duel has been fought, the hin- 
drance has been removed. The spiritual mind 
has now no rival. Hallelujah! 

Let us hear PauPs testimony. I am cruci- 
fied with Christ : nevertheless I live ; yet not I, 
but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I 
now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the 
Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself 
for me. Gal. 2 :20. 

Eemember, the sinner has only one mind, to 
please himself; the converted man has two 
minds, the spiritual and the fleshly; but the 
sanctified man has only one mind, for the car- 
nal mind has been destroyed, and the spiritual 



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mind which is left is reaching out only after 
God. The heart has been cleansed, and "the 
mind of 'Christ" holds sway without a rival. 
The heart is now purified and filled with love. 

Often I hear people praying for power. This 
is good, but there is nothing so powerful a ? 
love; and if your heart has been made pure and 
filled with love, you have power. 

"The heart rules the world. It is the mighti- 
est power in the world. The old adage 'Knowl- 
edge is power' is true ; there is power in knowl- 
edge, but there is greater power in love. A soul 
is moved to action more by what they love thai* 
by what they know. If there are evil affections 
in the heart they will issue from it, and influ- 
ence all the life; when the heart is free froml 
sinful affections it is easy to do the will of 
God. 

"David cried, 'Create in me a clean heart, 
God, and renew a right spirit within me.' 
What a beautiful sentiment! What a sublime 
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more noble than this one. It says so much in so 
little. It is simple, and hence to the point; 
direct, and therefore forceful. If men would 
only pray this by day and by night until the 
petition was granted them, the happiness which 
they seek in life would have found its fulfill- 
ment. Sad to say, few are the persons who 
realize this fact. Most people believe human 
happiness attainable by other means than a 
clean heart and the right spirit, and are exert- 
ing every energy toward the furtherance of such 
means. 

"One man prizes health highest, and hence 
prays for it. Another regards wealth most de- 
sirable, and hence asks for it. Another consid- 
ers learning most valuable, and hence sues for 
it. Another believes fame most precious, and 
hence petitions for it. Poor creatures ! These 
blessings they crave are but single rays of the 
flood of light the soul needs for its earthly joy. 

"Health may give endurance; wealth may 
furnish comfort; learning may bring recogni- 



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tion; fame may yield power. Yet how insig- 
nificant are all these in comparison with perfect 
contentment. A clean heart and a right spirit 
possess these, and will open the gates to eternal 
bliss. Your soul enjoys tranquillity. You are 
at peace with G-od and with your fellowme^" 

As long as there are two minds, the heart is 
impure. Although you may be a child of God, 
we read in Matt. 5 :8, "Blessed are the pure in 
heart : for they shall see God." 

In Psa. 24: :3, 4, we have a very important 
question asked and answered-. "Who shall as- 
cend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall 
stand in his holy place? He that hath clean 
hands, and a pure heart." 

I exhort you in Jesus' name, obey the com- 
mand, "Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and 
purify your hearts, ye double minded." 



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FIFTEEN REASON WHY I SOUGHT 

THE BLESSING OF SANCTI- 

FICATION. 

1. It was God's choice. According as he 
hath chosen us in him before the foundation of 
the world, that we should be holy and without 
blame before him in love. Eph. 1 :4. 

2. It was Godfs will. For this is the will of 
God, even your sanetification. I Thess. 4:3. 

3. It was God's command. But as he which 
hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all man- 
ner of conversation. Because it is written, Be 
ye holy: for I am holy. I Pe\ter 1 :15, 16. 

4. It was my birthright. And now, breth- 
ren, I commend you to God, and) to the word of 
his grace, which is able to build you up, and to 
give you an inheritance among all them which 
are sanctified. Acts 20 :32. 

5. Jesus Died to Accomplish It. Wherefore 
Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people 
with his own blood, suffered without the gate. 



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Let us go forth therefore unto him without the 
camp, bearing his reproach. Heb. 13 :12, 13. 

6. The Holy Ghost Witnesses to It. For 
by one offering he hath perfected! forever them 
that are sanctified. Whereof the Holy Ghost 
also is a witness to us. Heb. 10 :14, 15. 

7. He is not Ashamed of us when we Receive 
the Blessing. For both he that 'sanctifieth and 
they who are sanctified are all of one : for which 
cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren. 
Heb. 2 :11. 

8. We are not fully Prepared for His ser- 
vice until we Receive it. If a man therefore 
purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel 
unto honour, sanctified, and; meet for the mas- 
ter's use, and prepared unto every good work. 
II Tim. 2 :21. 

9. Jesus Prayed that we might be Sanctified. 
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is 
truth. John 17 :17. 

10. God Swore that we Could have It 
Wherein, God, willing more abundantly to shew 



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unto the heirs of promise th£ immutability of 
his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: That by 
two immutable things, in which it was impossi- 
ble for God to lie, we might have a strong con- 
solation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold 
upon the hope set before us : Which hope we! 
have as an anchor of the soul, both sure andj 
stedlfast, and which entereth into that within 
the veil. Heb. 6 :17-19. 

11. He said we could live it all our days. The 
oath which he sware to our father Abraham, 
that he would grant unto us, that we being de- 
livered out of the hand of our enemies might 
serve him without fear, in holiness aoid right- 
eousness before him, all the days of our life. 
Luke 1 :73-75. 

12. He said for us to prove Him. I beseech 
you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, 
that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, 
holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reason- 
able service. And be not conformed to this 
world : but be ye transformed by the renewing 



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of your mind, that ye may prove what is that 
good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 
Eom. 12 :1, 2. 

13. Jesus Died for the Church. Husbands, 
love your wives, even as Christ also loved the 
church, and gave himself for it ; that he might 
sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of wa- 
ter by the word, That he might present it to 
himself a glorious church, not having spot, or 
wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should 
be holy and without -blemish. Eph. 5 :25-27. 

1±. He said that fools could have the bless- 
ing. And an highway shall be there, and a way, 
and it shall be called the way of holiness ; the 
unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be 
for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, 
shall not err therein. Isa. 35 :8. 

15. Without it me cannot see God. Follow 
peace with all men, and holiness, without which 
no man shall see the Lord. Heb. 12:14. 



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CHRISTIAN PERFECTION. 

This refers to the full recovery of the soul 
from sin, as far as that has been provided for 
in this life, by which we are enabled to love 
God according to our finite capacity. 

It is not sinless perfection, in which one can- 
not be tempted to sin. 

It is not angelic perfection. 

It is not heavenly perfection. 

It is simply Christian perfection, or being 
made perfect in love. 

"Be perfect" implies that we be perfect in 
our sphere, our perceptions, and our purposes, to 
the full extent of our capacity, and has alway^ 
the possibility of growth and expansion. 

The experience of Christian Perfection is va- 
riously designated ; thus it is known as Sanctifi- 
cation, Holiness, Perfect Love, and in various 
other designated terms. 

It is also worthy of note that while its nee- 



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essity is recognized by all churches, it is never- 
theless the very foundation and fundamental 
doctrine of Methodism. We quote from the* 
Historical Statement in the Methodist Disci- 
pline as follows : 

"In 1729, two young men in England, read- 
ing the Bible, saw they could not be saved with- 
out holiness, followed after it, and incited oth- 
ers so to do. In 1737 they saw, likewise, that 
men are justified before they are sanctified ; but 
still holiness was their object. God then thrust 
them out to raise a holy people." % 

In the "Kules for Preacher's .Conduct" the 
following appears : 

"Observe ! it is not your business only to 
preach so many times, and to take care of this 
or that society, but to save as many as you can J 
to bring as many sinners as you can to repent- 
ance, and with all your power to build them up* 
in that holiness without which they cannot see 
the Lord." 

From "Where and How to Preach :" — 



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"The most effectual way of preaching Christ 
is to preach him in all his offices; and to d&- 
clare his law, as well as his gospel, both to be- 
lievers and unbelievers. Let us strongly and 
closely insist upon inward and outward holiness 
in all its branches." When a man is received 
into membership in one of our Conferences he 
is asked, "Are you going on to perfection ?" 
"Do you expect to be made perfect in love in 
this life?" "Are you earnestly striving after 
it?" 

In John Wesley's "Plain Account of Chris- 
tian Perfection" we find a clear explanation 
both of the doctrine and the experience. In this 
he notes that Christian Perfection does not- 
mean, 

1. Perfection in knowledge. 

2. Freedom from mistakes. 

3. Freedom from infirmities. 

4. Freedom from temptation. 

The teachings of the Word of God concern- 
ing Christian Perfection are very plain. 



70 Stepping Newer. 

1. It is required. Be ye therefore perfect, 
even as your Father which is in heaven is per- 
fect. 'Matt. 5:48. 

Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be 
of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace : 
and the God of love and peace shall be with yon. 
II Cor. 13 :11. 

Therefore leaving the principles of the doc- 
trine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; 
not laying again the foundation of repentance 
from dead works, and of faith toward God. 
Heb. 6 :1. 

And when Abram was ninety years old and 
nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said 
unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk be- 
fore me, and be thou perfect. Gen. 17 :1. 

2. It was prayed for. Make you perfect in 
every good work to do his will, working in you 
that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through 
Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and 
ever. Amen. Heb. 13 :21. 

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of 



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'Christ, saluteth you, always laboring fervently 
for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect 
and complete in all the will of God. Col. 4 :12. 

I in them, and thou in me, that they may bd 
made perfect in one; and that the world may 
know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved 
them, as thou hast loved me. John 17 :23. 

3. It was provid&d. That the man of God 
may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all 
good works. II Tim. 3 :17. 

And he gave some, apostles; and some, pro- 
phets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors 
and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, 
for the work of the ministry, for the edifying 
of the body of Christ : Till we all come in the 
unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the 
Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the meas- 
ure of the stature of the fulness of Christ. 
Eph. 4:11-13. 

Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be per- 
fect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the 
poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: 
and come and follow me. Matt. 19 :21. 



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Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ al- 
so loved the church, and gave himself for it, 
that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the 
washing of water by the word, that he might 
present it to himself a glorious church, not hav- 
ing spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but 
that it should be holy and without blemish. 
Bph. 5 :25-27. 

4. It was experienced. Noah was a just man 
and perfect in his generation. Gen. 6 :9. But 
the high places were not removed : nevertheless 
Asa's heart was perfect with the Lord all his 
days. I Kings 15 :14. 

And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou 
considered my servant Job, that there is none 
like him in the earth, a perfect and an uprighij 
man? Job 1:8. 

Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be 
thus minded; and if in any thing ye be other- 
wise minded, 'God shall reveal even this unto 
you. Phil. 3 :15. 

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have boldness in the day of judgment : because 
as he is, so are we in this world. There is no 
fear in love ; but perfect love casteth out fear : 
because fear hath torment. He that feareth is 
not made perfect in love. I John 4:17, 18. 



TRIALS. 

Ever since the Lord claimed -me as His own, 
the one object of my life has been to be a 
channel of blessing to others. It is for this rea- 
son that this lesson is given, and with a prayer 
that it may be a blessing to everyone who readsl 
it. 

Like many other people, I thought that when 
we became Christians, this would be an end to 
all our trials ; but I soon found that this was ai 
mistake. And after careful study of God's word 
I find trials to be the means through which God 
develops a Christlike nature, and makes us 
more effectual soul-winners, As I have learned 



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the secret, I am perfectly willing to submit to 
any means or suffering that will make me more 
like Him, and a more effectual channel of bless- 
ing to others. 

I thank God for the measure of grace He has 
given me to endure trials, but I see in my ex-* 
perience a need to be strengthened and devel- 
oped more and more. His plan for bringing 
this about is through trials. It is thus that 
the beautiful and necessary graces of character 
are developed. I have come at last to a place 
where I can say, "Thy will be done/' 

In Bom. 5 :3, 4, we read, "We glory in trib- 
ulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh 
patience; and patience, experience." This is 
written to people who have made their peace 
with God (verse 1), and also (verse 2) have 
access by faith into this grace wherein we 
stand (Heart Purity). Then it is that the soul 
is ready to rejoice in tribulation, also knowing 
that it will work a deeper and richer experi- 
ence. For this my soul is reaching out every 



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moment of my life. to have a greater meas- 
ure of His Spirit, and to be more like Him ! 

^Heavenly Adam, life Divine, 
Change my nature into Thine; 
Move and spread throughout my soul, 
Actuate and fill the -whole." 

In the first chapter otf Cblossians, we read 
where Paul was addressing the saints and faith- 
ful brethren at Colos.se. "We give thanks to 
God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
praying always for you, since we heard of your, 
faith in Christ Jesus, and! oif the love which ye 
have to all the saints, for the hope which is laid 
up for you in heaven. . . . that ye might walk 
worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being 
fruitful in every good work, and increasing in 
the knowledge of 'God; strengthened with all 
might, according to His glorious power, unto 
all patience and longsuffering with joy-fulness." 
This was a wonderful prayer. Paul knew that 
they needed it, because they could be better! 



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samples of God's power if they could suffer with 
joyifulness. 

!We shall never get an experience where we 
"feel good" while going through trials or suf- 
fering, but we can know that if we bear them 
patiently we shall have a richer and deeper ex-\ 
perienee. Through suffering we become gent- 
ler, more patient, more sympathetic, all which 
are off the nature of Christ, and we can claim 
the promise, "If we suffer, we shall also reign 
with Him." II Tim. 2 :12. 

In I Peter 1 :6, 7, we read, "Wherein ye 
greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if 
need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold 
temptations ; that the trial of your if aith, being 
much more precious than of gold that perisheth, 
though it be tried with fire, might be found; 
unto praise and honor and glory at the appear- 
ing of Jesus Christ." 

Every Christian will, at times, be in heavi-. 
ness — not darkness — through temptations. 
Many of us would prefer the gold, but Peter 



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says that trials are 'better for us. Dear reader, 
let ns ever keep in mind that while we are go- 
ing through severe tests and trials, God is 
working in us the very grace and Christlike 
nature for which we have been praying. Peter 
also says in his second letter, chapter 4, verses 
12-17 : 

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the 
£ ery trial which is to try you, as though some 
strange thing happened unto you. But rejoice, 
inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's suffer- 
ings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye 
may be glad alsb with exceeding joy. If ye be 
reproached for the name of Christ, happy are 
ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth 
upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, 
but on your part he is glorified. But let none 
of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as 
an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's 
matters. Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, 
let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify 
God on this behalf. For the time is come that 



78 Stepping Nearer. 

judgment must begin at the house of God : and 
if it first begin at us, what shall the end bet 
of them that obey not the gospel of GUxl? 

The adversary would like to make us think 
strange when we are tried, and will do all he 
can to get us to give up our experience. But 
the Word says we are not to think it strange, 
but to rejoice, for we should be glad to be par- 
takers of Christ's sufferings. And remember, 
we are only to suffer for the name of Christy to 
suffer as Christians. The offence of the cross 
will never cease. "Yea, and all that will live 
godly in 'Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution/' 
II Tim. 3:12. But "endure hardness, as a good* 
soldier of Jesus Christ/' II Tim. 2:3. Sa- 
tan and his helpers will be watching for oppor- 
tunities ten hurl their fiery darts at the soldiers 
of the cross. 

"But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or 
as a thietf, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody 
in other men's matters/' If we suffer as Chris- 
tians, we have the Father right by our side to 
use these trials for our goofL 



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In "The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life;" 
Hannah 'Whitall Smith says, in speaking of 
trials, "They really are chariots of triumph in 
which we may ride to those very heights of vic- 
tory if or which our soul,s have been longing an<& 
praying. We may make out of each event in 
our lives either a Juggernaut car to crush us, 
or a chariot in which to ride to heights of vic- 
tory. It all depends upon how we take them; 
whether we lie down under our trials and let 
them roll over and crush us, or whether we 
climb up intoi them as into a chariot, and make 
them carry us triumphantly onward and up- 
ward." We must get into the chariots that can 
take us there, and only the .chariots of God are 
equal to such lofty riding as this. 

Again she says, "Whenever we mount into 
God's chariots the same thing happens to us 
spiritually that happened to Elijah. We shall 
have a translation. ISTojt into the heavens 
above us, as Elijah did, but into the heaven 
within us, which after all is almost a grander 



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translation than his. We shall be carried up 
away from the low, earthly, grovelling plane of 
life, where everything hurts and everything is 
unhappy, up into the ^heavenly places in Christ 
Jesus/ where we shall ride in triumph over all 
below. 

"Look upon all these chastenings, no matter 
haw grievous they may be 'for the present, as 
God's chariots sent to carry your souls into the 
'high places' of spiritual achievement and up- 
lifting, and you -will find that they are aftef 
all 'paved with love/ 

"Your own individual chariot may look very 
unlovely. It may be a crossgrained relative 
or friend; it may be the Tesult of human mal- 
ice, or cruelty, Qr neglect; but every chariot 
sent by God must necessarily be paved with 
love, since God is love, and God's love is the 
sweetest, softest, tenderest thing to rest one's 
self upon that was ever found by any soul any- 
where. It is His love indeed that sends the 
chariot. 



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"The clouds that darken our skies and seem 
to shut out the shining of the sun of right- 
eousness are, after all, if we only knew it, His 
chariots, into which we may mount with Him, 
and 'ride prosperously' over all the darkness. 

"The baby carried in the chariot of its moth- 
er's arms rides triumphantly through the hard- 
est places, and does not even know they are 
hard. 

"Let us be thankful, then, for every trial 
that will help to destrOjy our chariots, and will 
compel us to take refuge in the chariot of God, 
which stands ready and waiting beside us. 

"Get into your chariot, then. Take each thing 
that is wrong in your lives as God's chariot for 
you. No matter who the builder of the wrong 
may he, whether men o>r devils, by the time it 
reaches your side it is God's chariot for you, 
and is meant to carry you to a heavenly place of 
triumph. Shut out all the second causes, and, 
find the Lord in it. Say, 'Lord, open my eyes 
that I may see, not the visible enemy, but thy 
unseen chariots of deliverance.' 



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"Accept His will in the trial, whatever it 
may be, and hide yourself in His arms of lave. 
Say, 'Thy will be done ; Thy will be done V over 
and over. Shut out every other thought but 
the one thought of submission to His will and 
of trust in His love. Make your trial thus 
your chariot, and you will 'find your soul 'rid-, 
ing upon the heavens' with God in a way yau 
never dreamed could be." 

My brethren, count it all joy rwhen ye fall 
into divers temptations ; knowing this, that the 
trying of your faith worketh patience. But let 
patience have her perfect work, that ye may) 
be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. Jas. 
1 :2-4. 

We are to rejoice, not when we run into 
temptation, but when we fall into it. 

I once heard of a woman who was not as pah 
tient under trial as she should have been. Her 
pastor paid her a visit. She asked him to pray 
for her that she might have more patience. At' 
they knelt together, he prayed, "Lord, send up- 



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on this sister severe trials, dreadful tempta- 
tions, and great tribulations." She exclaimed, 
"Do not pray thus, for my life has been full 
of trials, temptations, and tribulations." "Sis- 
ter," said he, "did you not ask me to pray that 
you might be more patient? These are chan- 
nels through which God makes us more pa- 
tient." 

Dear reader, be ".patient in tribulation;" 
"count it all joy when ye fall into divers temp- 
tations;" "glory in tribulation;" "think it not 
strange concerning the fiery trial;" "the trial 
of ychur faith is much more precious than 
gold." 

There is much comfort to be /found in Eotm. 
8 :28, "We know that all things work together 
for good to them that love God." If you loveJ 
God, use that veTse as your easy chair, anci 
whenever trials come upon you, -just sit down 
and rock; or take them as God's chariots, and- 
let Him work in you to will and to do accord- 
ing to His own good pleasure. 



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Who shall separate us from the love of 
Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or per- 
secution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or, 
sword ? As it is written, For thy sake we are 
killed all the day long; we are accounted as 
sheep for the .slaughter. Nay, in all these 
things we are more than conquerors through 
him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that 
neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor prin-* 
cipalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor 
things to come. Nor height, nor depth, nor 
any other creature, shall be able to separate us* 
from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus 
our Lord. Rom. 8 :35-39. 

This should increase our faith, for this is 
one of the precious promises given us that we 
might be partakers of the Divine nature. This 
is what man lost when Adam fell. But glory 
be to God! What was lost in Adam, is pur- 
chased again by the precious blood of Christ. 
For where *'sin did abound, grace did much 
more abound." 



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When God's children get to heaven they will 
sing a song which angels cannot. "Unto Him 
that hath washed us from our sins in His own, 
blood." This will be the theme of redeemed 
sinners to all Eternity. may I bear some 
humble part in that immortal song ! 

I have reached the place in my experience 
where I do not ask the Lord to take away the 
trials that come upon me, but I do ask Him to 
stay very near until the trial is over. Tempta- 
tions try us, and we are worth nothing, if not 
tried. They develop our spiritual strength, 
courage, and knowledge, and God is concerned 
for our development. How shallow would all 
our spirituality be if it were not for our temp- 
tations ! But, "blessed is the man that endur- 
eth temptation : for when he is tried, he shall 
receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath 
promised to them that love him." James 1 :12. 

This crown of life will be worth all it has 
cost of trial and endurance. Without these it 
could not be obtained. 



86 Stepping Nearer. 

Hannah Whitall Smith uses the following 
incident. "An invalid lady procured once the 
cocoon of a very beautiful butterfly with un- 
usually magnificent wings, hoping to have the 
pleasure of seeing it emerge from its cocoon in: 
her sick-chamber. She watched it eagerly as 
spring drew on, and finally was delighted to see 
the butterfly beginning to emerge. But it 
seemed to have great difficulty. It pushed., and 
strained, and struggled, and seemed to make so 
little headway, that she concluded it must need 
some help, and with a pair of delicate scissors 
she finally clipped the tight cord that seemed- 
to zind in the opening of the cocoon. Imme- 
diately the cocoon opened wide, and the but- 
terfly escaped without any further struggle. 
She congratulated herself on the success of her 
experiment, but found in a moment that some- 
thing was the matter with the butterfly. It 
was all out of the cocoon it is true, but its great 
wings were lifeless and colorless, and dragged 
after it as a useless burden. For a few days 



Stepping Nearer. 87 

it lived a miserable, sickly life, and then died, 
without having once lifted its powerless wings. 
The lady was sorely disappointed, and could 
not understand it. But when she related the 
circumstance to a naturalist, he told her that 
it had all been her own fault. That it required 
just that pushing and struggling to send the 
life fluid into the veins of the wings, and that 
her mistaken kindness in shortening the strug- 
gle, had left the wings lifeless and colorless- 

*'Just so do our spiritual wings need the 
struggle and effort of our conflict with tempta- 
tion and trial ; and to grant us an escape from 
it would be to weaken the power of our soul 
to 'mount up with wings as eagles/ and would 
deprive us of the 'crown of life' which is prom- 
ised to those who endure." 

Let us remember "He doeth all things well." 
"Not a sparrow falls without His notice. " 
"The very hairs of our head are numbered." 
We are not to be over-anxious about anything, 
for our Heavenly Father cares for us. We are 



88 Stepping Nearer. 

not to avenge ourselves, because He is charged 
with our defense. We are not to fear, for He- 
is on our side. We shall not want, for He is 
our shepherd. 

When we pass through rivers, they will not 
overflow us. When we walk through the fire, 
we shall not be burned. He will be with us. 
These are only a few of His promises, but 
enough to make us feel secure. We may "glide 
happily along with our sails swelled with the 
precious gales of grace from the spicy hills of 
Zion. Let us steer by the compass of God's 
Holy Word, and make a straight course to the 
heavenly country." And while we shall be 
compelled to fight against combined and multi- 
plied enemies, we can always hear Him say. 
"Fear not, I am with thee; be not dismayed." 
We can sing throughout, 

"Thou, Christ, art all I want, 
'More than all in thee I find." 

Praise His name ! 



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'What is all that is great and good when com- 
pared with this? Friends, fortune, wealth, 
crowns, kingdoms, — what are they? Less, for 
less than nothing ! my Ood ! To enjoy thee 
is all in all. the depth of lave! My soul 
is penetrated with the unspeakable grace that 
made Him a man of grief, a victim to justice,, 
dying for my sins. How I praise Him for 
keeping my helpless soul! May I ever sit at 
His feet, nor depart from the rule of His] 
Word! 

!a 'Tis there I would always abide, 
And never a moment depart, 

Concealed in the cleft of His side, 
Eternally held in His heart." 

Our Heavenly Father knows and under- 
stands us. No earthly creature does. Our ac- 
tions are misinterpreted, our motives misjudg- 
ed ; our natural characteristics are not taken 
into account, neither are our inherited tenden- 
cies considered. No one makes allowance for 



DO Stepping Nearer. 

our ill health; no one realizes with what we 
have to contend. But out Heavenly Father 
knows and understands it all. 

His judgment takes into account every ele- 
ment, conscious or unconscious, that makes 
our character and controls our actions. Only 
an all-comprehending love is just, and our 
God is just. 

"There is no place where earth's sorrows 
Are more felt than up in heaven ; 
There is no place where earth's failings 
Have such kindly judgment given." 

Let us then keep straight ahead -as He leads, 
and some day we shall hear Him say, "It is 
enough, come up higher." May we be among 
those of whom it will be said : These are they 
which came out of great tribulation, and have 
washed their robes, and made them white in 
the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they be- 
for the throne of God, and serve him day and 
night in his temple : and he that sitteth on the 



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throne shall dwell among them. They shall 
hunger no more, neither thirst any more; 
neither shall the sun light on them, nor any 
heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst p& 
the throne shall feed them, and shall lead 
them unto living fountains of waters : and God 
shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. 



NO SORROW THERE. 

No sorrow there in yonder clime, 
Beyond the troubled iwaves of time ; 
No dreary jnights nor weeping eyes, 
No aching hearts, nor broken ties. 

Ah, who would dwell forever here, 
Away from those we hold so deaT — 
Away from Jlim whose wondrous love 
Prepares for us a home above? 

A little while our watch to keep, 
A little while to wake and sleep, 



92 Stepping Nearer. 

To bear the cross, endure the pain — » 
And there with Christ forever reign. 

perfect rest, O calm repose, 

Where life's clear stream in beauty flows! 

And we can sing, without a care, 

No sorrow there, no sorrow there. 

- — Fanny J. Crosby. 



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CALENDAR FOE DAILY EEADIN& OF 

SOEIPTUEKS BY WHICH THE BIBLE 

MAY BE FINISHED EN" ONE YEAR. 



Month. Old Testament. New Testament. 

Jan 'Gen. 1-Ex. 26 Matt. 1-Matt. 21 

Feb Ex. 27-Num. 22. Matt. 22-Mark 7. 

March . .Num. 23-Judges 13. Mark 8-Luke 6. 
April Judges 14-11 Kings 10. Luke 7-Luke 21 
May. I Kingsll-II Chron. 15. Luke 22-Jno. 12 
June . .II €hron. 16-Job 20. John 13-Acts 10* 

July Job 21-Psalm 57. Acts 11-Bom. 4 

August Psalm 58*Psalm 135 Bom, 5-1 Cor 12 
Sept... Psalm 136-Isa. 11. I Cor. 13-Eph. 4 

Oct Isa. 12-Jer. 24. Eph. 5-Titus 2 

Nov Jer. 25-Ezek. 40. Titus 3-II. Pet. S 

Dec Ezek. 41-Mal. 4. I John 1-Eev. 22. 



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